Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Getting Ready for Sunday, November 7, 2010



Set List for Sunday November 1, 2010

How Great
Trevor Morgan & Mac Powell
From the CD “Glory Revealed II“ by Various Artists

Days of Elijah
Mark Robin
From the CD “Celtic Worship“ by Various Artists

Forever Reign
Jason Ingram & Reuben Morgan
From the CD “One“ by One Sonic Society


God has really been moving at Oasis Church! It was amazing to see the entire stage filled with people praying. God really did something awesome in the life of our church this past Sunday. Let’s continue to pray and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and get ready to see God blow us away this week. I feel like I need to tell you something to continue with our theme from last week. Bro. Todd really expressed our desire to see the alters full every week with people thanking God, asking for his help, His direction. That doesn’t just have to happen during the invitation though. During our time of worship through music, if God leads you to come to the alters, do it! We have a lot of things happening on the stage with band and singers, but there will always be room to pray if God leads you to do so. Our time of worship through music is not just for those on stage, it’s for everyone in attendance. Be sensitive to God’s leading, and really participate during our corporate time of worship.

This week we open up with some celebration as we sing a new song to Oasis entitled “How Great”. You need to get here early, because I promise you won’t want to miss this one. From there we will go on to the song “Days of Elijah”. Now I must admit that since we are beginning a series entitled “Elijah” this song immediately jumped out to me. I was reading up on the song a while ago just to get a better grasp on what it truly means. The author, Robin Mark says the song was inspired after watching a “Review of the Year” type program at the end of 1994. As he watched the review and was reminded of the state our world is in, he began to question if God was still in control. He felt like God spoke to Him that night and reassured Him that He was indeed in control. Robin began to recall the stories of characters from the Old Testament who faced many trials, and tragedies. Through it all, God was in control and was to be praised. His word was to be declared, and those who followed God could rejoice as they knew God would follow through with His promises. No matter what our condition, we can celebrate this Sunday knowing that God is in control of everything, and He will be coming again soon.

We’ll finish the music portion of our service with “Forever Reign” which to me is a cry of dependence on God. Our relationship with Christ is the thing that can get us through whatever trial we face. We simply need to run into the arms of the One who holds everything together.

We are baptizing this Sunday and beginning a new series. You definitely won’t want to miss this Sunday. I’ll look forward to worshipping with you at 9a.m. or 11a.m. this Sunday.

Doug

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